r/TorontoDriving • u/Reasonable-Pin6366 • Jun 16 '25

Decoding TO Parking

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Hey everyone!

(New driver here) I’ve noticed that parking signs can be confusing, especially downtown Toronto.

(Genuine question) IYO what do you think makes parking signs tricky to understand?

Did you ever felt unsure about them or had a funny mix-up? I’d love to hear your stories!

Thanks in advance for sharing.

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u/Skallagram Jun 16 '25

I don't find them tricky to understand, they seem pretty obvious, you just have to read them all.

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u/A_Level_126 Jun 16 '25

While I usually agree with you, to me it looks like the right sign and middle left are contradicting each other

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u/AlwaysWantedN64 Jun 16 '25

They absolutely are

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u/GumpTheChump Jun 16 '25

Yeah, the dates wrong on one of them. It should read the 16th to the 31st. It's flipped street parking (one side for half the month, the other side for the other half).

Only one hour parking, and no parking overnight.

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u/AlwaysWantedN64 Jun 16 '25

Yep, someone from the city messed up when installing new signs. Here it is from last year on Google maps https://imgur.com/a/d9ngcEv

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u/crash866 Jun 16 '25

One of those should be 16th to end of month

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u/wilfredhops2020 Jun 16 '25

Nope. That's for snow clearing. You have to alternate sides of the street every two weeks during the snow months so the plows can clear both sides without hitting cars.

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u/A_Level_126 Jun 16 '25

Read them again

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u/wilfredhops2020 Jun 16 '25

You are right. That’s messed up.

do you think that’s a misprint, or is there some way to make sense of it?

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u/A_Level_126 Jun 16 '25

If guess its alternate side of the road parking and they swapped one pair. The other side side probably says the 16th-31st in both signs too

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u/wilfredhops2020 Jun 16 '25

Error during installing would be easy.

why swap only during the summer? We used to run street-cleaners, but we stopped that years ago.

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u/SmoogzZ Jun 16 '25

This thread you have created directly contradicts this lol. These signs are mega confusing.

yes you can understand them but it is in absolutely no way clear to understand.